Description
Papers largely reflect his career as historian and professor and include course files, conference and organizational files,
lectures, articles and papers, and correspondence. Most of the course files are from those he taught at Stanford University,
with a few from courses at Northwestern. Subjects include Civil War, race relations, and African American history.
Background
George M. Fredrickson, the Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History (emeritus) at Stanford University, earned
his A.B. (1956) and Ph.D. (1964) from Harvard; he matriculated as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oslo (1956-7) and
was awarded an honorary M.A. from Oxford University in 1988. He taught at Harvard and Northwestern before joining the history
faculty at Stanford in 1984. He has published seven books on the Civil War, African American history, and racism and published
numerous articles, including more than twenty-five pieces in THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. In 1985, he was elected a fellow
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also a co-director of the Research Institute of Comparative Studies in
Race and Ethnicity at Stanford and in 2000 was awarded the Cox Medal for fostering undergraduate research.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
This collection is open for research.